Truss



- (No Model.)

S. R. NYE.

TRU SS. I No. 450,183. Patented Apr. 14,1891.

UNITED STATES mos.

SHERMAN a. NYE, or orncorni: FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS.-

TRUSS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,183, dated April 14, 1891.

Application filed June 22, 1890. Serial No. 356,415. (No model.)

To all whom, itmay concern.-

Be it known that I, SHERMAN R. NYE, of'

with a central orifice, a clamp having a threaded boss and socket fitting the said cylindrical rod and adapted to be tightly compressed thereon by a screw passed through ears of said clamp to rigidly secure the pad-holder to the rod, the clamp being also adapted to be loosened to permit the pad-holder to be moved lengthwise to any desired position on the rod ortobepartlyrotated on the rod, so that the pad can be setinvariouspositions. Thisinvention also consists in a screw engaging said boss, whereby the pad-holder, which is made in a separate piece from the clamp, is adapted to be adjusted on the clamp, so that the pad can be adapted for either the right or left side of the wearer, all of which I will now proceed to describe.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the pad holder, the clamp thereon, and the cylindrical rod, the pad being removed. Fig. 2 represents a side view of a portion of the rod, the clamp thereon, the pad-holder, and the pad, the latterbeing adjusted as a right-hand pad. Fig. 3 represents a similar view showing the pad adjusted to be worn upon the left side. Fig. 4 represents a section on line 4 4, Fig. 3, looking toward the right. Fig. 5 represents a section on line 5 5, Fig. 3. Fig. 0 represents a perspective view of the clamp removed from the rod and pad-holder.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, a represents a cylindrical metal rod, which may be attached in any suitable way to the band or portion of the truss that encircles the body of the wearer and constitutes one end of 'the truss.

1) represents a pad-holder, which comprises a plate or base suitably formed to support a truss-pad of any desired construction. I have here shown the pad-holder as provided with a series of socketed arms I), the sockets of which receive the stems or standards 0 of a series of pad-sections 0, each pad being made up of a series of preferably four of said sections, although any other desired number may be used; or the pad-holder may be constructed to support only a single pad instead of one made of aseries of sections.

The sectional pad here shown is of substantially the construction shown in Letters Patent granted to me December 11, 1883.

To the pad-holder b is secured a clamp cl, which projects from the back of the padholder and has a cylindrical socket 6, formed to receive the cylindrical rod a. The clamp is a block of metal having a slit d extending from one end into the socket e and dividing the clamp at one side of said socket into two ears, which, when pressed together by a screw g, compress the socket upon the rod (1, and thereby cause the clamp to bind tightly upon said rod. When the screw 9 is loosened, the clamp fits loosely upon the rod and may be moved longitudinally thereon or partially rotated, so that the pad can be set or adjusted in a variety of positions, as will be readily seen.

To enable the pad-holder to be partially rotated independently of the clamp, and thus occupy either the position shown in Fig.2 or that shown in Fig. 3, the former showing the pad adapted for the right side and the latter for the left side of the body of the wearer, I make the clamp in a separate piece from the pad-holder, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and provide it with a tubular boss h, projecting from one side, said boss being internally screw-threaded to receive an attachingscrew 1 The pad-holder is provided at its central portion with an orifice j to receive the boss h, and is adapted to turn on said boss when the screwzis loosened, the head of said screw bearing upon the outer side of the padholder and holding the latter firmly against the clamp when the screw is tightened. When the screw is loosened, the pad-holder may be turned from either position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 to the other position and secured by tightening the screw.

It will be seen that by the described means I am enabled to give the pad a variety of adjustments, and that the construction is simple and durable.

I claim- 5 The combination of the clanip d, having the internally-threaded boss and two opposite ears, the screw engaging said ears, the rod to, supporting said clamp and upon which it is adjustable, the pad-holder having a central [0 orifice receiving said boss, and the screw i,

engaging said boss, adapted to secure the pad- Vitnesses:

(J. F. BROWN, A. D. HARRISON. 

